Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2022
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2022, 2:55 PM EDT for Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2022, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2022, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Aiken County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
518
WFUS52 KCAE 051855
TORCAE
SCC003-051930-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0002.220405T1855Z-220405T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
255 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Aiken County in central South Carolina...
* Until 330 PM EDT.
* At 255 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Graniteville, or near Aiken, moving northeast at
35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Aiken and Citizens Park around 300 PM EDT.
Aiken Municipal Airport around 310 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Vaucluse, Burnettown, New Holland and Hopeland Gardens.
This includes Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 11
and 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 8184 3356 8191 3382 8155 3360 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 232DEG 31KT 3356 8180
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
awp/gpl2 follow-up statements
055
WWUS52 KCAE 051902
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
302 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
SCC003-051930-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220405T1930Z/
Aiken SC-
302 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY...
At 301 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over USC Aiken, or over Aiken, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Aiken Municipal Airport around 310 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include New
Holland and Hopeland Gardens.
This includes Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 17
and 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3354 8175 3360 8181 3382 8155 3360 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 233DEG 30KT 3359 8174
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
awp/gpl015
WWUS52 KCAE 051915
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
315 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
SCC003-051925-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220405T1930Z/
Aiken SC-
315 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3354 8175 3360 8181 3382 8155 3360 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 232DEG 31KT 3367 8162
$$
awpThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Richland | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee and 5 more | 111 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 36 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.